Data Platform Manager (Full-Time) (f/m/d)

Tasks

• As a Data Platform Responsible (PR), you are responsible for the end-to-end technical leadership and lifecycle management of a global data platform (Data Lake House) to ensure alignment with business requirements, architectural standards, and operational stability.
• Work closely with product owners, platform owners, system architects, and IT service owners to support technical decisions and oversee solution designs.
• Oversee the technical design, development, and operational performance of the platform to ensure comprehensive lifecycle management and compliance with corporate standards.
• Contribute to the platform’s technical roadmap, including technology changes, modernization, and decommissioning, in alignment with business and architectural strategies.
• Take the lead and contribute to key deliverables, including solution design, security concepts, and interface agreements, to ensure compliance with architectural standards in collaboration with the system architect.
• Plan and coordinate application releases in accordance with change and release management processes, in collaboration with the product owner, platform owner, and IT service owners.
• Monitor platform infrastructure and data development activities, promote "shift-left" practices (automation, unit testing, CI/CD), and ensure that functional and non-functional requirements are implemented robustly.
• Provide third-level support, serve as the master data custodian in JBAR, and manage suppliers for third-party applications, including performance and delivery monitoring.
• Estimate the effort required for changes, advise on technical risks and mitigation strategies, assist with budgeting, and ensure that technical requirements are properly validated and tested before approval.
• You are responsible for the global data platform, which provides global data for various analytical use cases, and ensure that a stable, continuously operating environment is maintained.
• Assist the system architect in identifying and managing technical debt.
• Support the business lead and the IT product owner in designing and implementing the platform service.
• Collaboration with support teams in Asia to ensure extended support hours.

Requirements

• Experience in the technical implementation of data platforms, including the use of the latest technologies, tools, formats, and concepts.
• Experience managing the entire platform lifecycle, from conception and design through development, testing, deployment, operation, and eventual decommissioning, including responsibility for master data, incident support, and the release of ETL/SSIS scaling, Docker management using Harbor, image deployment via CI/CD pipelines, and Kubernetes scaling.
• Higher education in computer science (university, university of applied sciences, or equivalent degree).
• Excellent communication and planning/coordination skills.
• Willingness to contribute new ideas and initiate change, and sees oneself as proactive and reliable